tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post116299520656220386..comments2018-05-14T15:57:17.930-04:00Comments on In the Middle: The psyche of the university professorJeffrey Cohenhttps://plus.google.com/110433684739546897626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163190363320470352006-11-10T15:26:00.000-05:002006-11-10T15:26:00.000-05:00OTOH, she's clearly never been to K'zoo!One of my ...OTOH, she's clearly never been to K'zoo!<BR/><BR/>One of my football players quit the team last week. I'm so proud of him. He said the coach had no sense of proportion and no understanding that academics are important.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094286296956655810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163183915609742042006-11-10T13:38:00.000-05:002006-11-10T13:38:00.000-05:00No, I didn't donate.No, I didn't donate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163167374344613312006-11-10T09:02:00.000-05:002006-11-10T09:02:00.000-05:00harridan wives bedeviling them every step of the w...<I>harridan wives bedeviling them every step of the way</I><BR/><BR/>Good lord, I wouldn't get a lick of work done were it not for my harridan wife. I know I wouldn't be able to write a coherent sentence without her.<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of Steve Buscemi in <I>Ghost World</I> saying "I hate sports." It's not much of a line, and I know it was meant to envelop me in a rah-rah outre camaraderie, but nevertheless it worked.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848215331692228040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163159453749505052006-11-10T06:50:00.000-05:002006-11-10T06:50:00.000-05:00JKW: Did you actually donate?Great quote, Heocwaet...JKW: Did you actually donate?<BR/><BR/>Great quote, Heocwaeth. The harridan wife thing I guess was pure humor on MS's part ... the same with the obnoxious children, I hope. In fact, though, scholars' acknowledgment pages are usually full of sweet kiddies and supportive spouses, typically the type who understand why mommy or daddy or Sweety Pie is translating obscure passages out of Latin in the cellar rather than mingling with the living.<BR/><BR/>As to who marries academics ... no comment.J J Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163119133251030462006-11-09T19:38:00.000-05:002006-11-09T19:38:00.000-05:00Eh, 'harridan wives?' I can honestly say that I h...Eh, 'harridan wives?' I can honestly say that I have never met a harridan wife of a professor. I have, though, met some academic spouses that I couldn't believe would descend to marry the academic in question (male and female) willingly. And I mean that. One group I was in often half-joked about storming the house and releasing the academic spouse's family from the basement, so the spouse could safely run. <BR/><BR/>Favorite fellow TA quote regarding sports fever on campus:<BR/>"This is a *University.* Football is a game, like hopscotch."HeoCwaethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641082303874231780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1163108173395438482006-11-09T16:36:00.000-05:002006-11-09T16:36:00.000-05:00I take this to mean that Margaret wholeheartedly e...I take this to mean that Margaret wholeheartedly endorses me and my lifestyle--as you can well attest, I have a local pub.<BR/><BR/>When I saw SJT report on the status of GW a few weeks ago the organisers of the event played lots of video footage of the great man opining on all manner of subjects. At one point he was asked about college sports, and he said, laughably, that "we aim to provide a sound mind and a sound body" and that our basketball programme is key to this. It's hard to take a fat man seriously when he drones on about sound bodies, and, to use your word, obscene when alumni who have actually made some actual use of their educations are being shaken down for donations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com